Reference data services are often overlooked in the rush to get +coding. Much of the code is redundant or of similarly patterned +implementations. This package intends to address some common +features and needs.
Before the existence of acs-reference, the ACS required that you +preload some tables in a script to get some basic reference +functionality. There were many problems with this:
See api-browser +
The UNSPSC reference data has a data model for handling data +revisions. An application can determine any new/revised category +based on existing, obsolete data.
Their is no end user interface. There needs to be some kind of +admin UI to report status and possibly manage updates per +requirements.
None
A server based update mechanism will be supported. This will +allow for tables to be updated (and preferably diffed) instead of +being reloaded with a package upgrade. An interface to produce +xml/csv from the reference data would be a nice service to the +community (allowing legacy applications a way to import this +data).
Jon Griffin
+$Log: design.adp,v $ +Revision 1.1.2.1 2014/09/17 18:35:54 gustafn +- prettify documentation (use master templates) + +Revision 1.4 2006/08/06 20:40:20 torbenb +upgrading html, closing li p tags, adding quotes to tag attributes + +Revision 1.3 2006/08/06 18:54:02 torbenb +added documentation commentary, applied bs filter, renumbered sections + +Revision 1.2 2006/08/06 18:30:57 torbenb +removing c-Ms, wrapping text with p tags, added link to api-browser in api section + +Revision 1.1 2001/04/22 00:53:12 jong +initial openacs import + +Revision 1.2 2000/12/13 04:39:00 jong +Added Revision History and corrected typo in reference link ++